[Mitral valve aneurysm. Its diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography]

I Vilacosta; A Camino; E Iturralde; J A San Román; F Pérez Casar; M Gómez Recio; L Martínez Elbal

[Mitral valve aneurysm. Its diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 1991 Oct;44(8):563-5.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

I Vilacosta¹, A Camino, E Iturralde, J A San Román, F Pérez Casar, M Gómez Recio, L Martínez Elbal

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid.

PMID: 1767113

Abstract

Aneurysm of the mitral valve is a rare complication of infectious endocarditis. We report a 65-years-old woman with left heart failure and mitral regurgitation secondary to a mitral valve aneurysm. The diagnosis was made by transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
Esophagus
Female
Heart Aneurysm / complications
Heart Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Aneurysm / etiology
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Diseases / etiology
Humans
Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology